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Daimler Loses A Round With EU Over R134a Refrigerant, Full EU Commission Meets
The EU Commission has provisionally sided with France in that country’s decision to stop the sale of new Mercedes-Benz cars because of Daimler’s decision to continue to use R134a refrigerant in it’s...
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Daimler Loses Another Round With EU Over R1234yf, Ban on Sale of R134a...
When we last reported on France banning some Mercedes-Benz vehicles because the company refuses to use the now mandated R1234yf refrigerant, representatives from all 28 EU member states were scheduled...
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Honeywell Dismisses Daimler’s Distress Over R1234yf
Last week, the European Union Commission’s Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles meeting affirmed France’s refusal to allow Mercedes-Benz to sell cars using R134a refrigerant, and alsom indicated that...
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French Government Ignored Court Ruling, Invokes EU “Safeguard Procedure” to...
The regulatory and verbal war between France and Germany over Mercedes-Benz’s refusal to switch to the R1234yf air conditioning refrigerant has escalated. After a French court ordered a 10 day stay,...
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French Court Allows Sale of R134a Equipped Mercedes Benzes, Daimler to Move...
In the continuing saga of Daimler, the EU and banned refrigerants, the German automaker won a provisional ruling from France’s highest administrative judicial body to overturn the suspension of the...
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EU Starts Legal Proceedings Against Germany in R134a Dispute With Daimler
The legal struggle has heated up between Daimler and the European Commission over the automaker’s continued use of R134a air conditioning refrigerant, which has been banned by the EU, in some of its...
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French Court Overturns Sales Ban Of Daimler Vehicles Using R134a
France’s Conseil d’Etat announced Monday that it has overturned the government’s ban of a handful of Mercedes-Benz vehicles over parent company Daimler’s refusal to cease usage of R134a coolant...
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EU Orders Germany To Cease Use Of R134a Within Two Months
After months of investigation regarding the German government’s support of Daimler’s continued use of R134a — in violation of a law mandating use of refrigerants “with a global warming potential no...
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